2022 Conference Program Day 1

Registrations Open

•   8:15am    Registration desk opens

Official opening

•   9:00am   MC's welcome           Peter Cornish, CEO, Fruit Growers Tasmania
•   9:10am    Opening address      Brett Fifield, CEO, Hort Innovation

Session 1: Seasonal Labour

•   9:30am   Sponsor address   Natural Resources & Environment Tasmania
•   9:35am   Peter Cornish        Hort Award Changes - what are they?     
•   9:55am   Laurie Adams        Labour management under the new Hort Award
•  10:35am   Peter Angel           What does the future of seasonal labour look like 

OPAL Morning Tea Break

•   10:55am   Morning Tea

Session 2: Biosecurity        

•   11:40am   Lloyd Klumpp                      
•  12:00pm   Rae Burrows                  
•  12:20pm   Ashley Zamek               
•  12:40pm   Penny Measham            Fruit fly research update

Steritech Lunch Break

•  1:00pm   Lunch

Session 3: Emerging Opportunities     

•    2:30pm   Sponsor Address           Hort Innovation   
•    2:35pm   Panel discussion:
  • Panelists
    • Anthony Kachenko            Progress on a Horticulture Sustainability Framework
    • Other speakers TBC

AGCO Afternoon Tea Break

•    3:30pm   Afternoon Tea

Session 4: Pest & Disease Management     

•   4:10pm   Sponsor Address        Nufarm   
•   4:15pm   David Rumbold           Trends in agrichemical regulation
•   4:35pm  Greg Lefoe                   Mastrus ridens for codling moth control
•   4:55pm  Klaas Plas                    Growing environments conducive to beneficials
•   5:15pm   Charlotte Brunt           Extended withholding periods for export MRLs
•   5:30pm  Peter Cornish              MC Closing remarks               

Willie Smith's Cider Networking Drinks

•  5:35pm   Networking Drinks
•  7:05pm   Drinks Conclude